Fuerza Regida Talks ‘111XPANTIA’ Success, Says Mexicans Can Go No. 1 In the US” | Billboard News

Fuerza Regida takes us inside Street Mob Records’ headquarters and shares the story behind its success with 111XPANTIA hitting No. 2 on the Billboard 200, the first regional Mexican album to achieve this milestone. They also talk about why they love giving back to the community, how the band got its start, the group’s 10-year anniversary and more!

What do you think of 111XPANTIA? Let us know in the comments! 

Griselda Flores: Hi, I’m Billboard‘s Griselda Flores, and I’m joined by JOP and Fuerza Regida, and they’re taking me out to eat hibachi. And we’re talking all about the community, 111XPANTIA making history and the come-up of Fuerza Regida. 

Fuerza Regida:  Fuerza Regida.

So where are we? We’re in Rancho Cucamonga. 

We’re in Rancho Cucamonga. Right now we’re at the compound, Street Mob Records headquarters, and we order the truck every time here and there we get hungry, you know, like, bring the truck for all the employees and stuff.

Oh, OK, you guys could live wherever you want. Why stay in the area? 

Because we’re from over here. We don’t want to move. I’d probably never leave from here.

Seriously? 

I’m gonna cut you off, I’m gonna take this off because it’s hot.

I do want to congratulate you guys because 111XPANTIA, it made history. It was the first time that two Spanish language albums were No. 1 and No. 2 on the Billboard 200. Why do you think it was this album that made it happen? 

The fans. Last album, right? They were talking a lot of s–t, right? And this album, they talked a little less, like last time, when they talked, they s–t for, like, what, for like, two weeks, no for like a month. And this album? Like a couple days because they were upset that it wasn’t like old Fuerza Regida, which is, like 2018. But I had to give them one track. And now we now we know that the fans really wanted that, and that one track is like No. 1 …

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